Season 4 (2024) - The Final Season of Channel 2!

70 Tracks

Season Runtime (MUSIC-ONLY vers.) - 03:27:17

Complete Season (MUSIC-ONLY vers.) Release Date:  12/08/2024

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Episode: C2E16: "Songs with Words"

Original release date: 03/07/2024

Episode Theme: Game Music with Vocals

Theme Elaboration: N/A

Episode Theme by: Hugues

Episode Title by: Collaborative

Opening Track: Hugues

Closing Track: St. John

Full Episode Link (Podbean): 

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-2-nerd-noise-game-club-c2e16-songs-with-words/

Music-Only SUPER BONUS Link (Archive dot org): 

https://archive.org/details/super-bonus-c-2-e-16-music-only

Episode Timestamps (this playlist): 00:00:00 - 00:59:57

Episode Runtime (MUSIC-ONLY vers.): 00:59:57

End of Show (post-outtakes) Bonus Tracks (not included in this mixtape): 

Special Notes: The Episode where we announced that this would be the final season of Channel 2. Also, the episode where St. John announced his recent ethnic discoveries (trace amounts of Dutch, Finnish, Spanish / Portuguese, West African, North African, Coptic Egyptian, and Ashkenazi Jewish).

Tracklist

Track# (season) / Track# (episode) - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Vocalist(s) - Selected By - Timestamp

01 / 01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenmue - Dreamcast - c: Ryuji Iuichi (music) and Yumi Asada (lyrics) / a: Hayato Matsuo (orchestration) - Ioli - Hugues - 00:00:00

02 / 02) Connected (Yours Forever) - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John - 00:03:46

03 / 03) Melodies of Life (English Version) - Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu (music) and Hioyuki Ito (lyrics) / a: Shiro Hamaguchi - Emiko Shiratori - Hugues - 00:09:04

04 / 04) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (music) and David R. Leytze (lyrics) - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - St. John - 00:14:42

05 / 05) Instructor Mooselini's Rap - PaRappa the Rapper - PS1 - Izumi Amano and/or Ryu Watanabe - John Simpson III and Saundra Williams - Hugues - 00:19:18

06 / 06) My Intellivision - Intellivision Lives - Multiplatform - Tom Kahelin and/or Michael Schwartz - Michael Schwartz (?) - St. John - 00:21:17

07 / 07) Sea of Love - It Came from the Desert - TG16 - Kenneth Melville - Terence Kirby - Hugues - 00:25:51

08 / 08) Volver a Comenzar - Little Big Planet - PS3 - Cafe Tabvca - Cafe Tabvca - St. John - 00:28:03

09 / 09) A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy  PS2 - Asuka Sakai - Ado Mizumori - Hugues - 00:35:42

10 / 10) Sonic Boom (Ending Version) - Sonic CD (N/A) - Sega CD - Spencer Nilsen, Mark Young, and/or Pastiche - Pastiche - St. John - 00:40:10

11 / 11) Sora wo Miagete (Ending Version) - Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PSP - c: Takahiro Unisuga / a: Yukihiro Jindo - Kanako Kotera - Hugues - 00:43:45

12 / 12) Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John - 00:49:33

13 / 13) Everything's Alright - To the Moon - PC - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara - Laura Shigihara - Hugues - 00:53:42

14 / 14) Still Alive - Portal - Multiplatform - Jonathan Coulton - Ellen McClain (as GLaDOS) - St. John - 00:57:01

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Episode: C2E17: "20th Century Floppies"

Original release date: 04/10/2024

Episode Theme: Pre-2000 music from computer games.

Theme Elaboration: N/A

Episode Theme by: St. John

Episode Title by: St. John

Opening Track: St. John

Closing Track: Hugues

Full Episode Link (Podbean): 

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-2-nerd-noise-game-club-c2e17-20th-century-floppies/

Music-Only SUPER BONUS Link (Archive dot org): 

https://archive.org/details/super-bonus-c-2-e-17-music-only

Episode Timestamps (this playlist): 00:59:58 - 01:34:26

Episode Runtime (MUSIC-ONLY vers.): 00:34:32

End of Show (post-outtakes) Bonus Tracks (not included in this mixtape): 

Special Notes: N/A

Tracklist

Track# (season) / Track# (episode) - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp

15 / 01) Bootup Sequence - N/A (System Music) - FM Towns Marty - Unknown - St. John - 00:59:58

16 / 02) Meadow's Edge 2 - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Hulsbeck - Hugues - 01:01:30

17 / 03) Traveller's Tales (Stage 4-2) - Knight Arms - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka - St. John - 01:04:10

18 / 04) Title - Jaguar XJ220 - Amiga - Martin Iveson - Hugues - 01:06:32

19 / 05) Music #3 - LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin - St. John - 01:09:18

20 / 06) High Score - Hawkeye - C64 - Jeroen Tel - Hugues - 01:11:43

21 / 07) Zanzibar Breeze - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - MSX (SCC) - Konami Kukeiha Club - St. John - 01:13:42

22 / 08) Britannic Lands - Ultima V - Atari ST - c: Kenneth W. Arnold / a: Wally Beben - Hugues - 01:16:42

23 / 09) The Demon's from Adrian's Pen - DOOM - PC (OPL3) - Bobby Prince - St. John - 01:17:57

24 / 10) Wondering About my Loved Ones - Wolfenstein 3D - PC DOS - Robert Prince - Hugues - 01:20:33

25 / 11) Swirls - Marathon - Mac (MIDI) - Alex Seropian - St. John - 01:22:55

26 / 12) Crystal Garden - King's Quest V - PC DOS - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert - Hugues - 01:25:09

27 / 13) Jazz 3 - Sim Copter - PC - Jerry Martin - St. John - 01:26:31

28 / 14) Angel Dust - Star Trader - PC88 - Mieko Ishikawa - Hugues - 01:31:32

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Episode: C2E18: "It Never Happened"

Original release date: 07/04/2024

Episode Theme: Music from unfinished and unreleased games.

Theme Elaboration: N/A

Episode Theme by: Hugues

Episode Title by: Collaborative

Opening Track: Hugues

Closing Track: St. John

Full Episode Link (Podbean): 

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-2-nerd-noise-game-club-c2e18-it-never-happened/

Music-Only SUPER BONUS Link (Archive dot org): 

https://archive.org/details/super-bonus-c-2-e-18-music-only

Episode Timestamps (this playlist): 01:34:29 - 02:10:22

Episode Runtime (MUSIC-ONLY vers.): 00:35:55

End of Show (post-outtakes) Bonus Tracks (not included in this mixtape): 

Special Notes: N/A

Tracklist

Track# (season) / Track# (episode) - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp

29 / 01) Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis - Matt Furniss - Hugues - 01:34:29

30 / 02) Options - Sonic X-treme - Saturn - Howard Drossin - St. John - 01:36:47

31 / 03) Levels 1, 2, 3 - X-Men Mind Games - 32X - Jesper Kyd - Hugues - 01:37:59

32 / 04) Lab Theme - Ninja Gaiden - Genesis - Unknown - St. John - 01:45:46

33 / 05) River Level - The A-Team - Master System - Jeroen Tel - Hugues - 01:47:29

34 / 06) Stage 2 (50Hz) - Time Trax - Genesis - Tim Follin - St. John - 01:49:17

35 / 07) The End of Worlds - Shadow of the Beast - SNES - c: David Whittaker / a: Unknown - Hugues - 01:51:53

36 / 08) Astral Race - Marble Madness II - Arcade - Brad Fuller and/or John Paul - St. John - 01:55:22

37 / 09) Tatsumarii Village - Earthbound 64 - N64 - Shogo Sakai - Hugues - 01:58:09

38 / 10) Peaceful Future 2052 - Time Diver Eon Man - NES - Tsukasa Masuko - St. John - 02:00:22

39 / 11) Menu - Sim City - NES - c: Soyo Oka and/or Koji Kondo / a: Unknown - Hugues - 02:01:57

40 / 12) Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 - Daniel Capo - St. John - 02:03:32

41 / 13) The Original Spelunkers - Bonk: Brink of Extinction - Multiplatform - Disasterpeace - Hugues - 02:04:41

42 / 14) Ending and Staff Roll - The Shadow - SNES - Jonathan Dunn - St. John - 02:07:31

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Episode: C2E19: "Mystery Flavors"

Original release date:  TBD

Episode Theme: Mystery Themes!

Theme Elaboration: St. John has a mystery theme, Hugues has his own mystery theme, and the listeners have to guess / figure out what those themes are!

Episode Theme by: St. John

Episode Title by: St. John

Opening Track: St. John

Closing Track: Hugues

Full Episode Link (Podbean): 

TBD

Music-Only SUPER BONUS Link (Archive dot org): 

TBD

Episode Timestamps (this playlist): 02:10:24 - 02:50:00

Episode Runtime (MUSIC-ONLY vers.): 00:39:39

End of Show (post-outtakes) Bonus Tracks (not included in this mixtape): TBD

Special Notes: As of the time of recording of the main episode, St. John still didn't know what Hugues' theme was. Hugues hasn’t told him, and St. John hasn’t been able to figure it out on his own (so far). Hugues knew what St. John's was, though....because he told him. ;-)

Tracklist

Track# (season) / Track# (episode) - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp

281 / 43 / 01) "I can't believe you" (aka "Betrayal") - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN version) - Daisuke Takahashi - St. John - 02:10:24

44 / 02) Bridge - Spider-Man: Web of Fire - 32X - Sam Powell and/or Brian Schmidt - Hugues - 02:12:59

45 / 03) Bulberry Hill - Zool 2 - Amiga - Neil Biggin - St. John - 02:14:50

46 / 04) Site-B Area - The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Game Gear - Kōjirō Mikusa - Hugues - 02:17:54

47 / 05) Passage - Destiny - Multiplatform - C. Paul Johnson - St. John - 02:19:18

48 / 06) Knockturn Alley - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Game Boy Color - Ian Stocker - Hugues - 02:22:27

49 / 07) Quiet - Edge - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - St. John - 02:24:58

50 / 08) Puzzle - 3D Tetris - Virtual Boy - Ken Kojima - Hugues - 02:27:21

51 / 09) Bonus Room - Wolverine - NES - Geoff Follin - St. John - 02:30:00

52 / 10) Title Screen - Wario's Woods - NES - Shinobu Amayake and/or Soyo Oka - Hugues - 02:31:51

53 / 11) Reckless Running - Sega Rally Championship - Saturn - c: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi / a: Naofumi Hataya - St. John - 02:33:44

54 / 12) Bridge Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Mastersystem - c: Masato Nakamura / a: Yuzo Koshiro - Hugues - 02:37:47

55 / 13) Martinis for 2 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John - 02:39:33

56 / 14) The Old Man's Rainbow Shop - Magic Knight Rayearth - Saturn - Yayoi Wachi and/or Sumio Okamoto - Hugues - 02:45:50

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Episode: C2E20: "...all good things…"

Original release date:  TBD

Episode Theme: Music from end credits and ending sequences

Theme Elaboration: N/A

Episode Theme by: Hugues

Episode Title by: St. John

Opening Track: Hugues

Closing Track: St. John

Full Episode Link (Podbean): 

TBD

Music-Only SUPER BONUS Link (Archive dot org): 

TBD

Episode Timestamps (this playlist): 02:50:04 - 03:27:17

Episode Runtime (MUSIC-ONLY vers.): 00:37:13

End of Show (post-outtakes) Bonus Tracks (not included in this mixtape): TBD

Special Notes: The final "regular" episode of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2! :-( There will still be the C2R4 Season 4 retrospective, and almost certainly a one-off “Series Finale” in early 2025. But of “plain Jane, run of the mill, ordinary episodes”....yeah, this is the very last one - which makes it really sad for St. John, and also very heavily influenced the selection of his tracks, which bias very heavily towards emotional, sentimental, heart-tugging pieces, and also bias very heavily towards tracks from games he actually beat growing up back in the day. :-(

Tracklist

Track# (season) / Track# (episode) - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp

57 / 01) Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - Multiplatform - Takahiro Unisuga (Falcom Sound Team jdk) - Hugues - 02:50:04

58 / 02) Credits - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John - 02:55:11

59 / 03) Staff Roll - Phantasy Star III - Genesis - Ippo Takeuchi - Hugues - 02:57:48

60 / 04) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - St. John - 02:59:28

61 / 05) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - Hugues - 03:01:51

62 / 06) Triforce Chamber - LoZ: Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo - 03:03:23

63 / 07) The Credits Concerto - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - David Wise and/or Eveline Fischer - Hugues - 03:04:50

64 / 08) Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao - St. John - 03:06:36

65 / 09) Good End - Streets of Rage II - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - Hugues - 03:08:51

66 / 10) End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita and/or Harumi Fujita - St. John - 03:11:10

67 / 11) Farewell and a Decision - Grandia II - PS2 / Dreamcast - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues - 03:13:29

68 / 12) Ending - Stray - Multiplatform - Jan van der Cruyssen - St. John - 03:18:06

69 / 13) 16th Floor - Speedrun Tower - Genesis - c: JAM / a: Hugues Johnson - Hugues - 03:21:23

70 / 14) Ending - Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - St. John - 03:23:09

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Total Episode Runtime: 03:27:17